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This page explains the methods used to maintain KDE's developer wiki. | This page explains the methods used to maintain KDE's developer wiki. | ||
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| − | All other pages/articles belong to one of those pages (or their sub-pages) which means we heavily use sub-pages to maintain the structure and a hierarchy to not | + | All other pages/articles belong to one of those pages (or their sub-pages) which means we heavily use sub-pages to maintain the structure and a hierarchy to not lose the overview. |
=== Sub-pages === | === Sub-pages === | ||
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[[Development/Tutorials]] | [[Development/Tutorials]] | ||
| − | Using sub-pages has several advantages | + | Using sub-pages has several advantages: |
* they automatically provide us with a '''hierarchy''' which is reflected in the URL itself | * they automatically provide us with a '''hierarchy''' which is reflected in the URL itself | ||
* automatically generated ''backlinks'' provide easy navigation | * automatically generated ''backlinks'' provide easy navigation | ||
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== Categories == | == Categories == | ||
| − | In short, a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category category] is a '''tag''' which appears at the very bottom of an article. As such, categories provide automatic indexes that are useful as tables of contents. Together with links and templates they help | + | In short, a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category category] is a '''tag''' which appears at the very bottom of an article. As such, categories provide automatic indexes that are useful as tables of contents. Together with links and templates they help structure a project. |
* [[Special:Categories|List of categories]] | * [[Special:Categories|List of categories]] | ||
This page explains the methods used to maintain KDE's developer wiki.
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The most important pages on this wiki are the top or root pages (in alphabetical order):
All other pages/articles belong to one of those pages (or their sub-pages) which means we heavily use sub-pages to maintain the structure and a hierarchy to not lose the overview.
A sub-page is a parent-child relation. In the following example Development is the parent of Tutorials, or the other way round: The page Tutorials is a sub-page (or a child) of Development
Development/Tutorials
Using sub-pages has several advantages:
As an example, look at the page
Development/Architecture/KDE3/Library Structure
you can see following the links on the very top of the page:
< Development | Architecture | KDE3
In short, a category is a tag which appears at the very bottom of an article. As such, categories provide automatic indexes that are useful as tables of contents. Together with links and templates they help structure a project.
Be sure to read the category page (e.g. Category:Documentation) before tagging a page with it to make sure you're using it correctly.
There are several special pages which help us to maintain a clean wiki:
KDE TechBase 